Nato experts are building a ‘space hub’ to track Chinese and Russian weapons amid fears the countries may try to ‘shoot down satellites’ Jens Stoltenberg warned two countries were developing anti-satellite systems General Sir Patrick Sanders said the UK was not ‘fit for information age warfare’ Space centre, at the Ramstein air base, Germany, will … Read more
Operation whale! Military and marine experts start audacious attempt to move pod of northern bottlenose whales out of a Scottish loch before Europe’s largest military exercise begins Whales have been in firth of Clyde for weeks and have attracted local attention Major Nato war games – Exercise Joint Warrior – is due to start there … Read more
Russia’s new Skyfall missile that will be able to fly around Earth for YEARS and will be ready to launch nuclear strike at any moment, Britain’s defence intelligence chief warns Skyfall missile can ‘attack from unexpected directions,’ says Defence chief Accident involving the missile caused radiation spike and left at least five dead Russian president … Read more
Strength in the skies: Six US B-52s flew over all 30 NATO nations in a single day flanked by around 80 allied planes as US colonel says airforce stands in ‘lock step’ with British counterparts Around 80 aircraft flew over all 30 NATO states as part of the organisation’s Exercise Point Blank on Thursday The … Read more
President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, just weeks after helping to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. He was nominated by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, who praised Trump for his efforts towards resolving conflicts worldwide. ‘For his merit, I think he has … Read more
Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize following deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates Trump was nominated by was nominated by Norwegian MP Tybring-Gjedde Tybring-Gjedde praised for his efforts towards resolving conflicts worldwide The deal between Isreal and the UAE is a Middle East ‘game changer’, he said By Chris … Read more
Russia is risking a ‘new Cold War’ if it tries to push its power base beyond its border, Nato’s secretary general has warned. Jens Stoltenberg said that Moscow’s recent behaviour and attempt to establish a new ‘sphere of influence … requires a response from Nato’. His remarks come days after the North Atlantic Council met … Read more
The West is demanding answers from Moscow today after the ‘despicable and cowardly’ nerve agent attack on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Britain said the Kremlin ‘has a clear case to answer’ while NATO demanded a ‘full and transparent’ investigation after a German military lab found that Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, the Soviet-era weapon used … Read more
Over the past few weeks there have been 29 strandings or sightings of rare beaked whales throughout Europe – and experts think a Nato sonar exercise is to blame. The Nato sonar anti-submarine exercise off the coast of Iceland happened in July and within two weeks whales began to appear in unusual locations. Sonar commonly used … Read more
Royal Navy’s newest £100m warship HMS Trent breaks down nine days into its maiden voyage and hauled back to port in Gibraltar The 90-metre ship had to be dragged back to port after only nine days at sea The Royal Navy said she was experiencing a defect and was waiting for parts The captain and … Read more